Green camel hide astonishes San Antonio shops
In San Antonio a 150 pound green camel hide from an unknown origin arrives at A. Cohen & Co. Wool and hides on Military Plaza. The box bears only For Sale and no other marks. The firm says its value is nil for local use and the specimen may be mounted by a future taxidermist.
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San Antonio
A. Cohen & Co
Military Plaza
Sahara Desert
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Consignee
Hay Fever Relief Promoted By Foley's Honey and Tar
BB. M. Stewart of Chicago reports great relief from hay fever during hot months using Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. The advertisement claims many others will benefit from his experience and credits The King Pattison Drug Co. as the source.
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Foley
BB. M. Stewart
Wolfram St
Chicago
Stewart
King-Pattison Drug Co
Worley Found Dying in St. Joseph Apartment
Charles B. Worley 52 a prominent Shriners figure was found dying in his St. Joseph apartment. The janitor discovered him with his head in a basin of water and he died minutes later. Worley was stepson of J Willard, a former McKinley law partner.
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ST. Joseph
Charles B. Worley
Worley
J. Willard
McKinley
Kidney remedy advert claims cure for kidney disease
Mr. Perry A. Pitman of Dale Texas says four months in bed with kidney and bladder trouble and gall stones were cured by Foley's Kidney Remedy. The ad urges readers to ask for it at King and Pattison Drug Co.
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Perry A. Pitman
Dale
Tex
Foley
King & Pattison Drug Co
Woodbridge Auto Company President Dies of Rabies
Jacob Swenzer, president of the Woodbridge Auto company, died at his Woodbridge home after a two day illness from rabies. A pet dog that licked his hand about a month earlier went mad days later. Swenzer was a former prominent racing driver. Atlantic City’s 1854 incorporation marked its first passenger train to the coast. the city now has over 28 000 residents.
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Associated Press
Newark
N. J
Jacob Swenzer
Woodbridge Auto Company
Woodbridge, N. J
Swenzer
Atlantic City
Atlantic Coast
Ad Offer Seeks Independence Through Situations Wanted
Young men and women find opportunities via Light want ads promising a path to independence. The piece notes a four time ad under Situations Wanted may help secure favorable outcomes and prompt life changes.
Behles and Beethauwe Architects at 228 West Commerce
Firm Behles and Beethauwe identified as architects located at 228 West Commerce Street. The note lists the firm name and street address without additional context or project details.
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Behles & Beethauwe
West Commerce Stret
Suburban residents drop incorporation plan for Alamo Heights
Residents of Alamo Heights Montclair and Madeline Terrace favor creating a Public Improvement and Civic Beautification association to fund fire protection and civic work without incorporating as a town. They raise funds with $100 shares and name committees to plan apparatus needs and organize volunteers.
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Alamo Heights
Montclair
Madeline Terrace
Clifton George
Alamo Heights Land Company and William A. Cocke
W. H. Hume
J. C. Lamkin
A. Jones
Harry E. Wickinson
W. B. Tuttle
N. S. Hunsdon
Pompeo Coppini
Coppini
W. H. Crouch
J. C. Lawkin
J. W. Cunningham
B. G. Irish
J. W. Farrington
C. P. Rigley
D. A. Saffaran
H. N. Jones
A. R. Thomas
E. M. Hight
R. E. O'Grady
William A. Cocke
L. J. Lacoste
G. FE. Haney
E. A. Rogers
A. G. Munro
R. N. Davenport
H. L. Steele
G. W. Williams
F. Hofstetter
W. L. Swieger
F. J. Zintgraft
A. A. Horn
H. Wolfstock
C. W. Taylor
William Haensler
George McMillan
L. D. Williams
8. R. Montez
H. B.B. Millinger
J. S. Bourdon
W. W. Read
T. H. Miller
H. T. Bikler
J. C. Sheffield
J. W. Willmont
J. Ci. Williams Jr
George Burnett
J. N. Dice
H. Heiligmann
R. C. Jones
I. L. Dingman
A. Cc. Dauchy
Harry L. Miller
Bond Issue for Schools in Alamo Heights
Property owners in Alamo Heights within common school district No 48 seek a larger and more adequate building at an estimated cost of 20000 dollars. The plan outlines a bond issue to fund the new construction and improve school facilities for the district residents.
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Alamo Heights
Townsend sits to fund new district school building
At a meeting last night Townsend School District No. 48 discussed a petition to the county commissioners to order an election for a 25000 bond issue to buy a site and erect a new brick school building. The plan calls for selling the present three and a half acre site for about 6000 and using the proceeds for Townsend avenue site acquisition and construction of a 15000 to 20000 dollar structure. Trustees W Hume R C Jones W W Collier approved the move, with William C Cocke presiding and Herbert A Smith as secretary.
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Quate
County Commissioners’ Court
Townsend Avenue
W. H. Hume
R. C. Jones
W. W. Collier
William C. Cocke
Herbert A. Smith
Investigating Factory Conditions Aids Triangle Waist Fire Inquiry
The first meeting of a nine member legislative committee to probe factory conditions in New York state is held. It follows the Triangle Waist Company fire that killed 156 people, mostly young women, spurring creation of the commission led by lawmakers and Governor Dix appointees including Samuel Gompers.
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Associated Press
New York
Triangle Waist Company
Dix
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Mother’s Friend Promises Safe Motherhood Tools
An old advertisement extols Mother's Friend as a non experimental remedy to prepare the body for childbirth. It claims it lubricates muscles and nerves, expands skin and tissues, relieves tenderness, and supports safe motherhood. The notice invites readers to request a free book from Bradfield Regulator Co. in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta, Ga
Rapid Motor Busses Replace Horse Lines in Chicago
A new line of rapid running motor busses replaces forty year old horse busses between railroad stations and the shopping district. Each bus seats at least eighteen, has side entrances with a low step, luxuriously upholstered, electric lights, and cooling by electric fans in summer and heat from engine exhaust in winter. Citywide extension planned.
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Chicago
Two Murphys vanish from Chicago court custody
In Des Plaines street court two men named Murphy eluded arrest yesterday. Joseph Murphy facing disorderly conduct was released after dismissal. James Murphy, held on burglary, escaped the building with the prisoner, and detectives are seeking him.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Murphys
Martian Canals Seen Reported By Lowell Observatory
A dispatch from Flagstaff Arizona says Lowell Observatory cablegram to Kiel Germany reports conspicuous Martian canals near Syrtis discovered last opposition are again visible. The message is for distribution in the eastern hemisphere.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Flagstaff
Ariz
Lowell Observatory
Kiel
Germany
Syrtis
Foreign commerce in July sets near record high
Washington report shows July imports at 118.6 million and exports at 127.7 million. Exports exceed imports by 9.5 million, the largest July surplus since 1907. Seven month totals: imports 771.9 million, exports 1.116 billion, compared with last year.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Retention of Private Petre in Army Approved
Major General Frederick D. Grant of the Department of the East approves keeping Private George Petre in the army after a young west woman accused him of Austrian spying. Grant cites Petre’s conduct at New York City coast defenses as a sufficient test of his status, noting the letters read are incoherent and of little meaning.
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Associated Press
New York
Frederick D. Grant
Department of the Fast
George Petre
Petre
West
After Stern Chase Boys Are Captured
Kalamazoo Michigan saw a daylight grocery robbery attempt by Elmer Smith and Harold Launder. Clerk Hart White surprised them inside the store, they fled, jumped a switch engine, and after commandeering another engine were overtaken about a mile from town.
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Associated Press
Kalamazoo
Mich
Elmer Smith
Harold Launder
Hart White
White
Battleship Texas to be target of Delaware long-range firings
The old battleship San Marcos now wrecked in Chesapeake Bay is to be fired upon again by the battleship Delaware. In tests on August 28 the Delaware will use twelve inch armor piercing projectiles to batter the ghost of the San Marcos, now reduced to junk.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
United States
San Marcos
Navy
Nower
Chesapeake Bay
Texas
Delaware
Secretary Wilson Observes 76th Birthday in Cabinet History
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson the oldest cabinet member and longest serving in U S history marked his seventy sixth birthday yesterday. Born August 16 1855 in Ayreshire Scotland he became secretary in 1897 and surpasses all prior cabinet tenure.
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Wilson
Associated Press
Washington
Agriculture Wilson
Ayreshire
Scotland
Robert Surns
Pacific fleet crew expansion to San Francisco
To fill crews for the Pacific fleet 375 bluejackets will depart Norfolk August 26 for San Francisco by train. Recruited from various eastern sections, the men were trained at Norfolk prior to departure.
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Washington, D. C
Norfolk
San Francisco
East
Foley Kidney Pills Tonic in Action
Foley Kidney Pills offer prompt relief for backache kidney and bladder trouble rheumatism and urinary irregularities. Marketed as a boon to middle aged and elderly people and to women.
Kerrville and Houston Rail Schedule Fragment
Partial timetable shows multiple train numbers and routes between Kerrville Houston coast and Kerrville areas. Entries include departures and arrivals with noted Sundays and times such as 1:15 9m and 8:30am and 7:20am, plus references to main line and east or northbound services.
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Rive
Houston
Coabe Osco Free Cocce
Combe Vives Coos Coves
Kerrville
Errville
Coast
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Fletcher
Chas. H. Fletcher
Centaur Company
Murray Street
New York City
Gamel
FIDE
THE
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Petrich-Saur Lumber CO
Union Meat Company
Beef and Pork Packers
Union Stock Yards
San Antonio, Texas
Huillyer - Deutsch - Jarratt Company
South
Flores Street
George Chalmers ‘Richmond
Philadelphia
John Jacob Astor
Madeline Talmage
Richmond
John W. Kenney
Riebs Undertaking Co
Auto Ambulance Service
Murphy
Observatory
Grant
Bingy Pattison
High Flyer
St. Louis
Little Rock
Hot Springs
Memphis
Ticket Office
G. M. Bynum
J. C. Bell
C. M. Price
DRY Farmers’ Congress
Houston Street
Alamo
W. Walthall
East Houston ST
California
Portland
Santa Fe
Grand Canyon
Arizona
E. H. Dallas
West Commerce
Mexico
North
Palestine
Laredo
New Orleans
Siouston
Galveston
Dal Fort Worth
Dallas
Fort Worth
Waco
el Paso
Cuero
Victoria
S.A
A.p.by
Corpus Christi
Rockport
Aransas Pass
Ingleside
Kerrville Boerne Comfort
Center Point
H.L. Wagner
Houston St. and
Ave
American Bank& Trust Co
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